St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22


o'clock this evening it was six feet above
the low water mark. with large quantities
of ice rushing along with fearful velocity
At 8 o'clock the water had begun to flow
over the banks. The ice forms a perfect
mass clear across the channel. and is not
moving rapidly. 1t is feared it may gorge
at any moment. Should it do so only for
few minutes. the experience at Mandan
and Bismarck will be repeated here. A
large part of the residents of Fort Pierre
have already moved TO the bluffs for safety
and those on this side who reside in the
lower parts of the city are preparing TO
move should the ice show any indications
OF q gorge.
AT BISMARCK.
Special TO the Globe.
BISMARCK, Oak, March 21.-A foggy
morning was succeeded by clear, warm
day. In the morning the Third street
gauge showed the flood to be eleven inches
above the high water mark of 1881. At
noon and during the afternoon it was
thirteen inches above. At p. IN. it had
receded to eight inches above and is falling
at the rate of an inch an hour. A strong
current sets eastward over the Bismarck
meadows which. with the fall of the water,
shows that the flood is iinding new outlet
below Sibley island by way OF Apple creek,
east of the great gorge which fills the river
bed both sides of and above the island.
Several parties have crossed to and from
Mandan to-day by way of the bridge and
treStle and
OVER THE ICE FIELD.
Among those going West was Editor
Tuttle of -Mandan. Other parties who
tried it later in the day found the ice
treacherouS, and were glad to get back
alive The first to cross was a telegraph
line man, who brought back several mes
sages to be forwarded from here. Supt.
Graham made his way to Rock Haven. and
came over from there n yawl boat. Supt.
Green sent over message to the railroad
officials saying: ''The water extends west
of the passenger platform, and is four to
five feet deep in the round house and shops.
The trains are running on time to-day on
this division, and the road is but little dam
aged. We have 100 cars loaded with gravel
ready for repairs on the Mandan bottom.
Hart river is not yet broken up" If it
should break before the Missouri goes down
there will be
SERIOUS TIMES IN MANDAN.
The railroad company will begin trans
ferring passengers tomorrow by steamer, if
one can be used, if not by yawl boats. 1t
expected
the ice near the bluffs north of the bridge.
Temporary telegraph lines will be put in to-
morrow for which a large force is here
ready to begin work early in the morning.
The railroad wing is led by Scobbell, as
sistant superintendent of railroad telegraph,
and the Western Union party is led by T.
Hubbard, chief hneman. Ten carloads of
west bound immigrants have been stopped
here by the flood. Agent Davidson, under
direction of Manager O'Dell, has literally
supplied them with provisions and not hay
ing a commisSary staff organized, has had to
work hard to fill the acquisitions for
amounts equaling the daily food supply of
a regiment of soldiers. The delayed people
say they have been well treated by the rail.
road men and cannot grunlble.
THE MAILS
came through to-day from Buford. No loss
of life has occurred to the settlers OIL the
bottom lands between here and Buford,
but all We're forced to move to high lands,
and some did not have time te save domes-
tic animals and household goods. The flood
at Washburn. Mclean county. last Thurs
day. was five feet higher than in 1881. The
Washburn warehouse was wrecked by run
ming ice when the water was up to the roof
OF the warehouse. At $50 the Third street
guage shows the water only one inch above
the high water mark and still falling. Two
steamers are being made ready tonight to
launch from the WharfS tomorrow morn
ing Signal Service Observer Sherwood
to-day signaled Fort Lincoln and obtained
an officer to come to Mandan tonight to
take messages for Supt. Green. Odell and
Graham have just
GONE TO THE BREWERY
near Bismarck landing. from the tower of
which Sherwood will communicate by sig
nails with the officer in Mandan. The object
is to inform Green of the arrangements
made for to-morrOw's transferring of pas
sengerS, mails and express. George
Peoples, of Mandan, arrived here about
o'clock. bringing nine passengers-one a
Iady-whom he conveyed by wagon from
Man6an to Rock Haven, and brought from
there by boat. He reports every basement
on Main street full of water, and the rail-
road tracks, shops and roundhonse flooded,
as before reported. So far there had been
no ice in town, and when he left at 5 o'clock
Heart river was still soldly frozen over.
AT MANDAN.
Special to the Globe
MANDAN, Oak, March 21.-Early Fri
day morning the water OF the Missouri be-
gan rising fast. Before noon Hannahs adj
dition was under water and water was rap
-
midday the last machinst left the railroad
shop, the water being three inches over the
tioor At in the afternoon the Boston
syndicate was deserted except few houses
that stood OH high ground, and the roller
mill and elevator of the Mandan Roller Mill
company, which were well protected by
dykes. The water began 10 rise across the
Northern Pacific tracks, and soon flooded
the park and main streets to the depth of
several feet, and filled all the cellars within
six inches of the first floor. Supt. Graham,
of the Northern Pacific. came up Thursday
and attempted to cross Friday, but haG
to turn back, and is still here.
Gen. Anderson, vice president of the North
ern Pacific at Tacoma, came east Friday
and is still here. Saturday the water fell
slowly all day. Sunday forenoon the water
began to rise slowly and continued to rise
till this forenoon. At present it is station
airy.
is five miles long, extending from half
mile below the Northern Pacific bridge
down the river. 1t shows no signs of
breaking. There is another gorge twenty
five miles up the river, at Raymond, thirty
feet high and several miles long,
which is not yet broken.
Mandan is built partly Oh high hill and
partly on the flats below. Only portion
of the fiat is overhowed. The people who
reside on the high ground can take care of
all those OH the flats. The part of the
town flooded south OF the track is known
as 1.-The Boston Syndicate" and "Hannah's
small shacks and poor people. The best
part of the town is above high water mark.
Not a single store in town has been
Disturbed except the cellars. The